Button



H. SELIGIVIAN.

BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5.1919.

Patented Oct. 28, 1919.

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Application iled June 5, 1919. SerialzNo. 302,017.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, RICHARD Sandman, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to buttons' of the so-called lever-head type and is an improvement on my Patent- No. 1,230,804; dated June 19, 1917.

My present invention has for its ob]ect in addition to providing a 'head connected to a post by a double hinged member whereby -it may be extende into substantial alinement with the post, to provide a spring acting upon each of the hinged portions for automatically completing the latter portion of the throw 'of the parts after having been moved the first portion of its strokeby hand.

A further object of the invention is to so arrange the springs at these hinge joints that the parts will be releasably retained either when in extended, or when in folded position.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, `as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims. n

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1- is a sectional lside elevation i 'showing the button with its head in folded or closed position.

Fig. 2- is the same as Figgl but showing the parts in extended position, the head being in substantial alinement with the post.

Fig. 3 shows the special form of the end of the tubular vpost after having been attened and cut into the desired shape.

. Fig. 4 is a sid?J elevation of the post, showing the format'on vof the hinge structure at the end thereof.

Fig. 5 is a frontelevation illustrating the hinged structure and showing the spring tongue at the back and the fulcrumed bar at the front of the hinge portion of the Ost p Fig. 6- is a perspective view of the connector member. A

Fi .y 7 is a side elevation mem r.

iof this Fig. 8 is a transverse section through the head showing the connector member hiiged in the inner plate of the movable he y Referring to thedrawings, 10 designates the post of the button, whichis' preferably drawn up into tubular form from the flat plate 11, but which may be madeiu any suitable shape and onto which plate may be rolled the usual gold front 12 if desired.

The free end of this post may be constructed into any suitable shape to form a hinge .to receive the connector member 13, presently described, but I preferably flatten this end into substantially the shape ybest illustrated in Fig. 3 in which a stop bar 14 is formed across the end7 a portion of the stock at the center being cut out at 15 leaving a spring tongue 17. AThe side portionsV 18 are then bent over as illustrated in Fig. 4 forming an eye 29, the cross bar 14 extending down in front of the eye serving as a stop or rest to limit the downward movement of the connector member 13. y

This vconnecter member 13 is preferably formed with a body portion, one end of which is provided with a cross bar 19. form-' I ing a T-shaped head thereon. This cross bar provides trunnions over which the members 18 are bent forming a hinge joint'in which the connector swings. The spring `tongue 17 is arranged to exert a pressure against the flattened portion 20 at the back or the attened portion 2l at the side of the cross bar thus serving to releasably retain the connector member either when in'horizontal or when in -vertical position relative to the axis of the post.

The opposite end of this connector member is also provided with a T-heador cross bars 22, the ends of which form a hinge by being retained in suitable depressions 23 in the back plate 24 of the movable head 215 and Iphave also provided a pair of diverging horns 26 and 2-7 on the free end of this connector member, which are set at an angle of substantially 45 each from the plane of the' connector to be engaged by a spring tical, and inexpensive in construction and by the use of my particular forni of hinge construction the head may be extended into substantial alinement with the axis of the post, or it may be folded into a plane at substantially a right angle to the plane of the post, and after having been moved by hand part way either toward or from closed position, the springs at the hinge joints act upon the members to automatically complete the last end of the opening or closing stroke and also serve to releasably retain the members either in extended or in folded position.

Any style of ornamented front plate may be attached to the back plates of either of the 'button heads, but I have shown them connected by rolling the edges of one over those of the other.

A button Aof my improved construction has many advantages over the usual lever type of button among others being: First, when the head is extended in line with the post as illustrated in Fig. 2, it may be readily passed through the button holes of a stiily starched collar or culi and that Without enlarging the button holes which is not the case where a large ball or bean end is used or when a head of the flat-rigid type is employed; second, a button of my 1mproved type may have both heads large enough to absolutely prevent any possibility of being drawn through the unstarched button holes of a soft cuff; thirdthe extendilole head may serve the purpose of a lever to draw together and ends of a collar, upon being passed through the button holes thereof.

It is found in practice that the ordinary lever button head in being turned u in line with the post that a portion of the ead lies back against the side of the post, thereby requiring additional length of post to operate it, but by the use of my improved construction of button head, no part of the head is folded back upon the side of the neiaeoe post, therefore the length' of the post may be reduced to the minimum.

The foregoing description is directed solely toward the construction illustrated, but I desire it to be understood that I reserve the privilege of resortin to all the mechanical changes to which t e device is susceptible,'the invention being defined and limited only by the terms of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A button comprising a post, a member hinged to said post, a head hinged to said member whereby' both may be extended substafntially in line with said post, and a spring acting upon said hinges to automatically complete the latter portion of an operating movement of the parts after an initial manual movement thereof.

2. A button comprising a post, a member hinged to said post, a head hinged to said member whereby both may be extended substantially in line with said post, a spring acting upon said hinges to automatically complete the latter portion of an operating movement of the parts after an initial manual movement thereof, and also serve to yieldably retain the parts in adjusted position.

3. A button comprising a head having a iixed post, an extension member hinged to said post, a head hinged to the free end of said member whereby both may be extended substantially in line with said post, a spring in said head acting upon the freeend of said member and arranged to assist 1n completing a relative movement'between said extenslon and head, said spring also serving to yieldably retain said posts in ad] usted position.

In testimony whereof I ax my s1 i RICHARD SELIG f 

